One of the worst things you see when doing demo on an old house that has experienced many iterations of minor and major renovations, is the way they sometimes sneak plumbing into the cold wall with no insulation. Usually, this is a ticking time bomb in our climate - eventually, those pipes will freeze and cause a major problem.
Even in new house construction, people try and fudge it by putting the pipes "really close" to the face of the wall and sneaking some insulation in behind. The reason? It's a bit of pain in the ass to do it properly... adding insulation, drywall (water resistant!) and another framed partition in front of the cold wall means doing things a little out of sequence. Luckily, I have Mick or Juvee - guys I can call who can competently do small jobs like this on very short notice.
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